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Originally posted by Larks
[QUOTEYa know, come to think of it, my Rec team usually will get together after the triple gainor, 360 acrobat jump shot bail out and A) yell at the Refs for bailing him out...B) yell at each other for fouling and agree to hence forth just let him go
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I think its always important to realize that the team that fouled the off-balance, out-of-control shooter bailed him out, not the ref. Fouls are fouls. Just as if you try (and fail) to make an acrobatic catch on a ball that is going OOB off the other team - bad decision, violation on you when the ball goes OOB off you. Ref didn't bail them out - you did.
I agree with Mark in general that the airborn shooter rule applies, though I would think that the criteria for what is more than incidental contact goes up a bit when you hit ball cleanly before contacting shooter - and no, the rules don't read that way. But I also strongly feel that it isn't anything goes. If you block the shot and come through the arm hard, that's a foul. Block the shot and have a touch of the arm, no foul. Come through the arm to block the shot, needs to be a foul because that wasn't an athletic play, it's fouling someone in order to get to the ball.
But when the game is banging inside, if you call every touch of the arm or body a foul, we are going to be playing 3 on 3 by the end of the night!